Really? I could do without 40 minutes of the Scarecrow and the Tinman walking around in zoot suits to a slow-pan cam. The Tarantino interest among young males is puzzling to me. Pulp Fiction was great. I can't think of anbything else he's done that registers above mediocre.

Outside of Death Proof and Four Rooms (which he only did a segment of), he has a great track record as a director (to me at least).

Really? I could do without 40 minutes of the Scarecrow and the Tinman walking around in zoot suits to a slow-pan cam. The Tarantino interest among young males is puzzling to me. Pulp Fiction was great. I can't think of anbything else he's done that registers above mediocre.

-You arent much older than I am, so you cant pull that "young males" line.
-I enjoy True Romance and Jackie Brown far more than my peers do
-I just think it would be ******* weird.

The Tarantino interest among young males is puzzling to me. Pulp Fiction was great. I can't think of anbything else he's done that registers above mediocre.

if you think that then Tarantino films must just not be for you. 'Basterds, Jackie Brown, and most especially Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill were fantastic movies. I wish there were more filmmakers with the same kind of creativity that guy has.

Never got the Kevin Smith thing either. I haven't seen a lot of his movies but the ones that I have just weren't funny.

Agree with Tarantino being overrated somewhat also... I find myself troubled to agree with a bearsfan on so much. I liked Basterds but I don't think it was a masterpiece by any means. I also enjoyed Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. Thought Jackie Brown was pretty dull and that Kill Bill just used violence to make up for an otherwise dull movie. It had some cool parts but it wasn't great, imo. Also, Uma Thurman is just unattractive and that doesn't help me opinions of his movies given she plays a key role in a couple, I think with a better actress or at least a better looking actress they could have been much better movies.

Also... Watched Fantastic Mr Fox and Blindside yesterday. Blindside was good, I enjoyed that they didn't overcheese it when they could very easily have. It isn't a great movie by any means but it is very solid and enjoyable. Mr Fox was cool and the message in it was a great one or at least the message I took from it was a great one.

Will get to watch The Hurt Locker over the weekend. Have decided to go in with low expectations as for the most part the recent films that are highly regarded and award nominated to me have been the kind of films that people like just because others did and the types where people like them in the first place because they are different, not because they are good to watch or actually good movies. So hopefully with that view I will be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed.

I really ******* hope Joss Whedon directs The Avengers. After Favreau said no, I was a little worried, but if anyone could direct that epic bastard of a film, its Whedon.

Sebastian Stan, meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh. Whatever, really. Im actually hoping that the Bucky Barnes business isnt given that much development in the movie. I wasnt a fan in the comics, I dont see why that would change in the movie.

Thor is one of those movies where Im incredibly interested to see how it turns out. I still think they cast the wrong guy (should of been Skarsgaard, IMO), but the rest of the cast is phenominal. Im interested to see how they blend it with the ultra realistic tone of Iron Man and the super science aspects of The Incredible Hulk. Thats a movie they have to be very careful with, or its going to come across really cheesy.

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Tears for Fears is better than whatever it is you happen to be thinking about right now.

Ray Stevenson should be great.
What this movie has going for it is Anthony Hopkins as Odin. One of the best actors around.
The trick will be getting it to mesh just right with the series format.
The newer Incredible Hulk movie wasnt terrible so I think they should be able to do alright with it.
The effects worry me the most. They are either gonna be kick ass or look like something from Scify late night specials.

I think the effects will be fine. If you have ever read a Thor comic, there is alot of Norse/Old English dialect and mythology, and Ive no idea how they are going to incorporate it into an Earth setting. Its just gunna be weird if they dont do it properly.

And I quite liked The Incredible Hulk. It wasnt Iron Man, but it wasnt supposed to be. Bruce Banner doesnt really have the same sort of appeal as a character as Tony Stark does.

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Tears for Fears is better than whatever it is you happen to be thinking about right now.

thor will be awesome. the dramatic merging of mythical and present day should be pretty cool.

the thing to keep in mind with bucky is that with disney gearing up to take over i've noticed a ton of subtle changes in the marvel comics. right now they are gearing up for a 'heroic age' of thor, iron man, and bucky as captain america. i wouldn't be surprised if they killed steve rogers off (again), or at least let him retire for a few years. bucky is going nowhere and i kind of think that the movies will reflect that synergy with the comics. they are definitely trying to create a new status quo that will be familiar with audiences and comic fans.

i've even noticed that since logan regained his memories, he's become a mentor and leader in the x-men. he's leading x-force, in the avengers, trying to help x-23 and daken, and in the extreme end of the spectrum he's leading the x-men in wolverine and the x-men. cartoons/comics/movies will all feed off of each others successes because that's what the audience will be familiar with watching. i personally wouldn't be surprised to see cyclops be semi-exiled with wolverine leading the x-men after 'second coming'.

but yeah, synergy in all forms of media. bucky will be prominent. captain america vol 5 1-50 were a pretty sweet and realistic reboot of the franchise. check them out online.

9 pictures. That's never going to happen. I dont know how well this is actually going to work. Hopefully it works out well.

As for Thor...may be alone here because, I dont know anything about the comic book character. But how in the world are they going to make a Thor movie remotely interesting? And how does he fit into the same universe as the other guys?